English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Branton Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aldborough

Historical Forms

  • Brantun(e), Branton(e), Brantona 1086 DB 1157 YCh354 1189 Ch 1308 NCyWills 1577
  • Branton(e) Green 1741 PRKby
  • Brampton(a) 1089–1118 YChx 1276 RH 1285 KI 1388 MinAcct
  • Brampton Hamlet 1563 Miscii

Etymology

'Farmstead amongst the broom', v. brōm , tūn , and for the forms cf. Branton i, 40 and Bramley i, 134supra , v. grēne 2 'a green'.